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Name Service Switch

Known as: NSS, Nsswitch.conf, Passwd (database) 
The Name Service Switch (NSS) is a facility in Unix-like operating systems that provides a variety of sources for common configuration databases and… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Information sharing in supply chain of agricultural products based on the Internet of Things
Purpose – The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the efficient ways to solve the problems on information sharing in the supply… 
2010
2010
Towards automatic and independent internet services configuration
Contemporary network management frameworks have limited high-level functionalities. This makes administrator's manual… 
2009
2009
Preprocessing DNS Log Data for Effective Data Mining
The Domain Name Service (DNS) provides a critical function in directing Internet traffic. Defending DNS servers from bandwidth… 
2007
2007
A trusted network model using the lightweight directory access protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information… 
2007
2007
A Proxy View of Quality of Domain Name Service
The domain name system (DNS) provides a critical service for the Internet -mapping of user-friendly domain names to their… 
2005
2005
Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
This document specifies the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol, used for interaction between iSNS servers and iSNS… 
2003
2003
Service-oriented Naming Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Wireless ad hoc networks are created by mobile devices that contact each other while on the move. Within an ad hoc wireless… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The networked physical world: an automated identification architecture
We have developed an open and scalable network-oriented architecture that integrates the physical world with the virtual world… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Security Considerations for Remote Electronic Voting over the Internet
This paper discusses the security considerations for remote electronic voting in public elections. In particular, we examine the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
DNS extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG)
Domain Name Service (DNS) provides name to address mapping within a routing class (ex: IP). Network Address Translators (NATs… 
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